# flameZ talks losses, grinds, practice, and the Major | HLTV Confirmed S7E47 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/flamez-talks-losses-grinds-practice-and-the-major-hltv-confirmed-s7e47 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/flamez-talks-losses-grinds-practice-and-the-major-hltv-confirmed-s7e47.md Podcast: [HLTV Confirmed - Counter-Strike Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905) Published: 2025-11-19T10:22:16+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hltv/episodes/flameZ-talks-losses--grinds--practice--and-the-Major--HLTV-Confirmed-S7E47-e3b6567 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/8bb1860/podcast/play/111399559/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-19%2Fbbc80779-a431-ae7d-c60e-b8fdfa81a85c.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/episodes/flamez-talks-losses-grinds-practice-and-the-major-hltv-confirmed-s7e47 Duration seconds: 8359 ## Resource flameZ joins us during the pre-Major week to talk about the team's recent performances in Hong Kong and Chengdu, practice, his inspirations, style adjustments, FURIA, and Stage 1 (including Pick'Ems) ➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed 📺 Watch live: https://twitch.tv/HLTVorg 🔊 Listen to audio (Spotify, iTunes, Google): https://anchor.fm/hltv 🟢 Partner offer details: https://kick.com/hltvorg/about 🔺 Play smarter with Refrag: https://in.refrag.gg/FUCZNJ 🔫 Support Esports with 10% bonus from Skin.Club: https://l.skin.club/HLTVCONFIRMED 0:00 - Intro Hot seat with flameZ 3:41 - flameZ joins 5:22 - Skinionaire 11:57 - EPL trophy breaks drought 16:52 - Practice in Asia/Europe 18:21 - Jetlag routine 24:02 - flameZ inspirations 28:36 - Grinding at events 30:29 - Why pro practice is boring 36:02 - “We get bullied by fnatic [in praccs]” 37:40 - Trolling in praccs 42:37 - The importance of confidence 47:22 - Hong Kong final & Ancient 54:50 - Losing 1v5 59:40 - Chengdu & Hong Kong results 1:05:28 - ZywOo & flameZ openings 1:08:32 - Top Comment: “saideira” 1:13:37 - Week with ropz in Estonia 1:17:41 - Fame IRL 1:19:30 - How good are FURIA? 1:22:57 - WATO: flameZ vs. YEKINDAR 1:28:03 - Major preparations 1:33:14 - apEX performance 1:35:16 - Pre-Major plans 1:38:10 - Getting motivations 1:41:20 - Beard & hair talk Major Pick’Ems 1:51:10 - Legacy, FaZe 1:53:02 - B8, GL, fnatic 1:54:34 - PARIVISION, M80 1:56:30 - NIP, NRG, The Huns 1:58:30 - Red Canids, FlyQuest, RA 2:06:00 - flameZ Major sticker 2:16:12 - HLTV Awards 👕 HLTV Merch: https://hltv.org/shop HLTV Confirmed is a Counter-Strike (CS2) talk show featuring Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin, and Milan "Striker" Švejda, with guest appearances f… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/episodes/flamez-talks-losses-grinds-practice-and-the-major-hltv-confirmed-s7e47/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/hltv-confirmed-counter-strike-podcast-180905/flamez-talks-losses-grinds-practice-and-the-major-hltv-confirmed-s7e47.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.